Andre Rison

Andre Rison was only the 5th Receiver in NFL history to score 60 touchdowns in his first six seasons.

Rison led the NFL in most receptions in his first four and first five seasons.

Rison was second in the NFL for most receptions in six seasons.

Andre Previn Rison (born March 18, 1967) is a former American football wide receiver who played professionally for the National Football League (NFL)'s Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, and the Canadian Football League (CFL)'s Toronto Argonauts.

As a senior at Michigan State, Rison had 30 receptions for 709 yards and 5 touchdowns; he was a prominent contributor to the 1987 Michigan State squad that won the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1988.

During the early portion of his career, he received the nickname "Bad Moon" Rison, a reference to the Creedence Clearwater Revival song Bad Moon Rising.

Michael Adler is credited with giving the nickname to Chris Berman.

When he played for the Chiefs, he had the nickname "Spiderman".

The Indianapolis Colts selected Rison in the first round (22nd overall) of the 1989 NFL Draft.

In his rookie season, he caught 52 passes for 820 yards with four touchdown receptions.

Rison was selected to the Pro Bowl five times, from 1990 to 1993 and once again in 1997.

On April 20, 1990, the Indianapolis Colts traded Rison, Chris Hinton, a fifth round pick in the 1990 NFL Draft, and their first round pick on the 1991 NFL Draft to the Atlanta Falcons for their first overall pick and their fourth round pick in the 1990 NFL Draft.

The Indianapolis Colts used the trade to move up to select Jeff George first overall in the 1990 NFL Draft.

His next season marked the first of five very productive campaigns with the Falcons.

During these years, Rison finished near the top of most receiving categories, and led all NFL players with 15 receiving touchdowns in 1993.

For the second time in his career (1993 being the only other time), Rison started in all 16 games of the season.

He caught 72 passes for 1,092 yards and seven touchdowns as the Chiefs went on to become the #1 seed that year.

In the Divisional round playoff game, Rison caught eight passes for 110 yards, but the Chiefs lost 14–10 to division rival and eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos.

The following year, he caught 40 passes in 14 total games for 542 yards and five touchdowns.

After the 1994 season, Rison signed a lucrative free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns, as operated by Art Modell, who had to take a loan for the signing bonus for a deal was totalled five years for $17 million, which was at the time the most lucrative wide receiver deal ever signed.

Rison was expected to become the featured receiving threat for the Browns, who had made the playoffs the year before.

Rison, who had been named to the Pro Bowl in four of his previous six seasons, had career lows in receptions (47), yards (701), touchdowns (3), receptions per game (2.9), and yards per game (43.8).

Rison also developed a feud with the Cleveland fans, who were angered over the announcement that the team would be relocating to Baltimore to go with his performance, with Rison later stating he had received death threats mailed to him.

After a home loss to the Packers, Rison, who had been booed by the fans throughout the game, lashed out, stating, "We didn't make the fucking move. So, for all the booers, fuck you too. I'll be glad when we get to Baltimore, if that's the case. We don't have any home-field advantage. I've never been booed at home. Baltimore's our home. Baltimore, here we come."

Rison, however, did not make the move with the team to Baltimore as he was released to make room for the new first round picks drafted by the Ravens (Ray Lewis and Jonathan Ogden).

He joined the Jacksonville Jaguars in the offseason.

In 1996, Rison spent the first ten games with the Jacksonville Jaguars, catching 34 passes for 458 yards and two touchdowns.

Rison had a miscommunication with quarterback Mark Brunell in week 12 that resulted in an interception in a 28–3 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

This mistake caused tempers to flare between the two, and Rison was subsequently released.

The Green Bay Packers claimed Rison off of waivers on November 20, 1996.

He played in five of the remaining games, catching 13 passes for 135 yards and one touchdown.

In three playoff games, culminating in a Super Bowl appearance, he caught seven passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns, with Rison catching the opening touchdown in Super Bowl XXXI, a 35-21 victory.

Rison won a Super Bowl championship with the Packers in 1997 over the New England Patriots, scoring the first points of the game on a 54-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Brett Favre.

He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs prior to the 1997 season.

For 1999, he played 15 games and regressed further, catching 21 passes for 218 yards with no touchdowns.

He also won a Grey Cup championship with the Toronto Argonauts in 2004.

He is one of the few players to win professional football championships in both the United States and Canada.

He was released by the Argonauts during the 2005 CFL season.

He holds an NFL record for scoring a touchdown with 7 teams.

He was a star player at Flint Northwestern High School and in college at Michigan State University.